Govt identifies land for medical college in Ooty
Shantha.Thiagarajan@timesgroup.com
Udhagamandalam:01.10.2019
The Nilgiris district administration has submitted a detailed report on the existing government headquarters hospital in Ooty and availability of land to set up a new medical college in the district at the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) meeting held last Thursday in New Delhi.
The TEC met to consider proposals received under centrally sponsored schemes for establishment of new medical colleges under phase III.
The centrally sponsored scheme works with a ratio of 60:40 — the Centre bearing 60% of the total cost and the state paying the remainder.
As per the norms of Medical Council of India (MCI), at least 20 acres should be available for a medical college to come up, with a minimum capacity of 300 beds for inpatients. While the existing government hospital in Ooty has about 7.61 acres of land, the district administration has identified a plot of 13.61 acres at Indu Nagar in Ooty.
The district administration has been trying to get nod to set up a medical college in the Nilgiris for the past two years.
Last June, a meeting was held by the directorate of health services in Chennai, at which Nilgiris district has been identified as one of six districts for submission of proposal for a centrally sponsored medical college. The other districts were Dindigul, Tirupur, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal and Virudhunagar.
The Nilgiris district is home to about 7.35 lakh people (2011 census) and despite being a major tourist destination lacks a multi-specialty hospital. The nearest multi-specialty hospitals are in Coimbatore, 85km from Ooty, with a travel time of three to four hours.
Dr H Ravi Kumar, joint director of Ooty Government Headquarters Hospital told TOI, “A proposal for a medical college in Ooty has already been sent to the state government. The same has been forwarded to the state finance commission and the Central finance commission. A plot in Indu Nagar of 13.61 acres has been identified by the district administration. With these, the norms of MCI (Medical Council of India) are satisfied.”
The Ooty GH does not have special medical facilities and to treat emergency patients within the “golden hour” a medical college in the hill town is a must, said Dr H Ravi Kumar, joint director of Ooty GH
Shantha.Thiagarajan@timesgroup.com
Udhagamandalam:01.10.2019
The Nilgiris district administration has submitted a detailed report on the existing government headquarters hospital in Ooty and availability of land to set up a new medical college in the district at the Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) meeting held last Thursday in New Delhi.
The TEC met to consider proposals received under centrally sponsored schemes for establishment of new medical colleges under phase III.
The centrally sponsored scheme works with a ratio of 60:40 — the Centre bearing 60% of the total cost and the state paying the remainder.
As per the norms of Medical Council of India (MCI), at least 20 acres should be available for a medical college to come up, with a minimum capacity of 300 beds for inpatients. While the existing government hospital in Ooty has about 7.61 acres of land, the district administration has identified a plot of 13.61 acres at Indu Nagar in Ooty.
The district administration has been trying to get nod to set up a medical college in the Nilgiris for the past two years.
Last June, a meeting was held by the directorate of health services in Chennai, at which Nilgiris district has been identified as one of six districts for submission of proposal for a centrally sponsored medical college. The other districts were Dindigul, Tirupur, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal and Virudhunagar.
The Nilgiris district is home to about 7.35 lakh people (2011 census) and despite being a major tourist destination lacks a multi-specialty hospital. The nearest multi-specialty hospitals are in Coimbatore, 85km from Ooty, with a travel time of three to four hours.
Dr H Ravi Kumar, joint director of Ooty Government Headquarters Hospital told TOI, “A proposal for a medical college in Ooty has already been sent to the state government. The same has been forwarded to the state finance commission and the Central finance commission. A plot in Indu Nagar of 13.61 acres has been identified by the district administration. With these, the norms of MCI (Medical Council of India) are satisfied.”
The Ooty GH does not have special medical facilities and to treat emergency patients within the “golden hour” a medical college in the hill town is a must, said Dr H Ravi Kumar, joint director of Ooty GH
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